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At first glance Kristen Ward may look like just some average teacher, but you are so wrong. Born and raised in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin she has a bit more of a background than just a teacher. With an excellent perception of view and organization she is a civil engineer at heart and mind. Even growing up, she was her parents “little engineer” always ready to design new things and create new space. From a very young age Ward had an interest for design and organization. Her dad would sometimes give her graph paper for her to draw the layout of her “dream house”. In her hometown, she had a very inspirational architect by the name of Frank Lloyd Wright and he had much of a say in the design of her local buildings. Her thoughts on him were simply stating, “I like the way his buildings interacted with nature, it's just so beautiful.” From this point a spark in her imagination led her to where she is today. In high school she loved the subjects physics and geometry. It was in these classes that she finally felt “smart” and “at home”. Her love for these classes came directly from her enjoyment of shape interactions and combining things to make a better whole. She explains, “I always liked making space and putting things into that space, to then watch it all blend together.” In school her main aspirations and goals were to get into graduate school, pass her thesis presentation, and find something that she loved to do. At the time before graduate school she didn't think she would…

Nebraska Alexander Payne’s Nebraska is a perfect representation of the process of aging. Following the Grant family on their journey from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska as they venture out on a journey to claim a million-dollar prize is both entertaining and eye-opening. The movie perfectly reflects various theories of adult development in the interactions between characters, including Woodrow (Woody), Kate, Ross, and David Grant. Such theories as ageism, the physical changes due to…

King Mansa Musa was known for being the richest man in history. He took the throne from 1312 to 1337 and was the son of Sundiata. The 25 year reign was known as the “golden age of the Mali Empire. The empire stretched nearly 2,000 miles all way up to Lake Chad (Mohamed Bearrach, Meet Mansa Musa). The Empire was also known as the Mandingo. The kingdom had a large amount of gold from Bumbuk and Bure, salt mines of Taghaza and ivory. Mansa Musa achieved many goals such as expanding the trade…

Land for Sale Nebraska – Oil Field Areas The oil and gas boom that the nation has experienced in recent years has got potential land buyers focusing on the profit possibly lying just under parcels of land in Nebraska. Although the state has ranch land and hunting property, prospective buyers may not be as interested now in those uses of the land. Counties with land for sale in the western border and a few in the southwest, in particular, are located in a good-sized portion of the Niobrara Shale…

“Boys Don’t Cry” was written by Kimberly Peirce and Andy Bienen and is based on the true story of Brandon Teena. Brandon Teena was born Teena Brandon, in Lincoln Nebraska. He is a transgender male and none of his family or people from his home town understand. In the opening scene Brandon is going on a date. Things go very well and when he takes the girl home they kiss. Unfortunately, some guys find out and chase Brandon back to his cousin’s house shouting obscenities, threatening him, and…

It is no secret that the presidential election is a muddy process. Between campaigns, debates, endorsements, primary elections and everything else involved in the candidate process, the path to be becoming president is definitely not a stroll in the park. However, as long as a candidate has the right plans coupled with the right flair and can get the majority of the votes of the US citizens, he or she has nothing standing between him or her and the oval office, right? Unfortunately, there is one…

Mukesh Ambani is famous for being the wealthiest man in India with a networth of $23.6 billion. Ambani made his money by becoming the largest shareholder and the head chairman of Reliance Industries, the second largest company in India, after his father created it. THESIS NEEDED There are many people in Mukesh’s life that have influenced him in many ways, whether they are for good or for bad. One of the greatest influential people to Mukesh Ambani is his brother Anil. After the death of…

descent into ruthless behavior in places like Los Angeles and New York all the more tragic.” People outside of the midwest have a lot of different stereotypes, Marquart gives example like blond and innocent for how they view young women. This is a bad point of view because its giving the stereotype that people from the midwest cant do anything for themselves. Even though the midwestern states are large producers of many of the nation agriculture, people view the residents as different. Marquart…

The 1862 Homestead Act made to measure lands accessible to homesteaders, the act specified that men and women over and within the age of 21 and single women who were the head any family and married men under and within the age of 21 who do not own over 160acres of land elsewhere were and eligible citizens or wished to become citizens of the United States were qualified to be homestead. The circulation of government lands had been a problem from the time the Revolutionary War, early…

- a slip-up he would soon come to lament. Urban communities Administration shot up to $200. The experience showed him one of the essential lessons of contributing: tolerance is a goodness. In 1947, a seventeen year old Warren Buffett moved on from Secondary School. It was never his aim to set off for college; he had officially made $5,000 conveying daily papers (this is equivalent to $42,610.81 in 2000). His dad had different plans, and encouraged his child to go to the Wharton Business…